Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

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nay oemmsud thss and thy rare discretion to
NJ own fair country womsn.
Alas, nsithsr H. present chronicler na
1lksD Rlodgitt got any further infosma-
I'm frum ths prudent Carmen, and must fain
qsculats upon obtain facst sthat were already
Known.
1lilreo CArmMb little room was opposite
- 1hatches'sI and oncs Or twice, the doors
being s6en, Thatcher had glimpse The
Danngs Of . black-haired and . sturdy, boy
II ft*le figure In great blue apron, perched
On : stool before IN sasel, and on tho othsr
hand, Carmen had often been conscious Of the
fumes Of . tobacco Pipe penetrating bar
clolGtered ssclusion, and bad seen across the
pasAge, vaguely snveloped In tho same nico-
M cloud, IN Amsrican Olympian, In .
rocking chair, with his feet ON the mantsl
Gholf. Thsy bad once or twice INST ON the
staircaso, On which occagion Thatcher had
eroeted hsr with word or two Of respectful
- half humorous courtesy-a courtesy
Which never reelly offends true woman,
al1hough II often piquss her sslf-aplomb by
| ~ d1ight assumption oe superiority In the
hum0i5t A woman d quick to recognise
~ TACT that the great and more dangerous
ranEions are always serious, and may be ex-
[cuned Il IN selfrespsct she Il often induced to
i ~ & thers be not somewhere under the skin
+ = TIL laughing Nercutio the nesh and blood
kce : Romeo. Thatcher was by m.
ture : dsfnder and protector; weak
~ and weakness alone, stirred the
dcpfhs q. his tenderne@-often, / fear, only
through IL half-humorous aspects-and on
ths plane h yas pleased to place women and
children. mention this fact for the benefit
q the more youthful members Of my species,
and am satisfed that an unconditional sur
render and the complete laying down at the
foot of beauty Of allstrong masculinity is .
cheap Gallicism that Is untranslatable TO
~ wumsa worthy the winning. For .
wuman must always look up to the man shs
Guly lovss-svsn II shs has to 60 down ON hsr
mon to DO IL
Only the masculine reader viii infer from
III that Carmen was In love with Thatcher;
H. more critical and analytical feminine eye
will zee nothing herein that might not have
happened consistently with friendship. For
Thatcher was no sentimentalist; he had hardly
rad compliment to tho girl-even in tho
|, nnspoken but most delicate form Of attention.
There were days when his room door was
[ e3oGed; there wore days days succeeding these
! klanis when he met her as frankly and
naturally as II be had seen her yesterday.
Indeed, on those days following his fight the
simplo minded Carmen, being aware-heaven
knows how-thatho ho had not opened his door
during chat period, and fearing sickness, sud-
( den death, Or perhaps suicide, by her appeals
to tho landlady, assisted unwittingly in dis
covering his flight and detection. As she
WAS for tow moments as indignant a. Mrs.
Plodaitt, II Is evident that she had but little
sympathy with the delinquent. And be-
sdes, hitherto she had known only Concho,
her earliest friend, and was true to his
memory, a. against all Americanos whom
~ Aymly believed to be his murderers
70 she diumissed the offer and the man from
3 ~ mind, ard went back to her paintings
fnncy portrait nf the good Padre Junipero
Gox1a, great missionary, who. happily for the
I htegrity Of his bones and character, died
/. ouuns hundred years before the Americans
tbok possession Of California The picture
~ fair but unstable, and she hogan to
I 1lnk nDriouSly Of aen painting, whicb was
~ mach moro popular and marks6abI4
~ mllnilhed head Of San Juan de- Bautista,
tGt16pie1ly framed IN clouds, she disposed IS
3ninsnt dzvgsiut fow go, whsrs \ an
nIrvice - snhihi)hg IL e1Iect q fcufA
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